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A Simple Dream

The Great Gatsby, a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is about the American Dream

and the downfall of those who attempt to capture its illusionary goals. This is a common

theme central to many novels. This dream has varying significances for different people

but in The Great Gatsby, for Jay, the dream is through wealth and power. To get this

happiness Jay must reach into the past and relive an old dream. In order to do this he

needed wealth and power.

Jay Gatsby, the central figure of the story, is a character who longs for the past.

Surprisingly he devotes most of his adult life trying to recapture it and, finally, dies in its

pursuit. In the past, Jay had a love affair with the beautiful and seemingly innocent Daisy.

Knowing he could not marry her because of the difference in their social status, he leaves

her to gather his wealth to reach her economic and social standards. Once he acquires this

wealth, he moves near to Daisy, "Gatsby......

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